Post step or bracket



1. N. DUNCAN.

POST STEP 0R BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14| |920.

1,420,825 Patented June 27,1922..

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J. N. DUNCAN.

POST STEP 0R BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED OCI. I4, 1920.

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JOHN N. DUNCAN, or BQQNE; Iowa.

Postr s'rEr or. BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1922.

Application filed October 14, 192.01 Serial No. 416,884.

To al? 7.0720711y t may concern.'

Be it known thatr I. JOHN N. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United Statesv of America, and resident of Boone, Boone County, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Post Step or Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for supporting either end of a post or brace and connecting it to a sill, ilate, floor or roof.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a step or bracket adapted to support a post and also adapted to prevent lateral movement of the post,

Specifically a further object of this invention is to provide a step for a jamb-post of a railway box-car adapted to overlap and be secured to a car-sill and also adapted to overlap and be mortised into the post and be connected thereto. I

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a carsill, jamb-posts rising therefrom and steps supporting and connecting the posts to the sill. Figure 2 is an interior elevation of the same elements, a portion of the sill being broken away to economize space. Figure 3 is an elevation, partly in section on the indicated line 3*?) of Figure 1, on an enlarged scale. Figures 1 and 5 are perspectives of the step or bracket detached from the other elements. Figures 6 and 7'are perspectives of a modified form of step or bracket and Figure 8 is an elevation, partly in section showing the latter bracket in one position connected with other elements for practical use.

In the construction of the device as shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the step or bracket preferably is made of a single piece of metal by casting and includes a plane body 10, and inner flange 11 at one end of and at right angles to the body and an outer flange 12 at the opposite end of and at right angles to the body, the flanges extending in parallel planes from opposite sides of the body. The step or bracket isV adapted to be placed with the body 10 flat on a support, such as a sill 13, the inner flange 11 overlapping and engaging the inner face of the sill, andl the body is secured to the sill.l by a bolt 14 extending through a hole 15in the body adjacent to said flange, said bolt also extendingthrough the sill. The

outer'flange 12'is formed with an inclined outer end portion 16 and vrside ribs 17, 18

joined thereto at one end and also is formed with transverse holes 19 between said ribs. The outer flange 12 is adapted to be set in a notch or mortise in a post 20, the upper end ofthe notch being inclined to lit the portion 16, and be secured thereto by bolts 21 extending through the holes 19 and also through the post. In Figures 1 and 2 two posts 20 are shown rising from the sill 13, said posts being spaced apart and each Supported and connected to the sill by a step as described. These two posts 20 specifically represent jambs of a doorway in the side of a railway box-car; but they are typical of any posts or braces employed in box-cars, or similar construction. serve to connect the posts to the sill ina substantial and permanent manner well adapted to resist extraordinary strain or pressure from within a box-car without risk of accidental removal from the sill either through splitting of the sill or otherwise. By inverting a step, as described, and placing it at the top of a post, it may besecured to a plate and serve as a bracket.

In the construction according to Figures 6, 7 and 8., the inclined end portion 16 is omitted and the outer flange is extended across the plane of the body to form a head having QQside ribs, said head being adapted As shown, the steps ATENT oFFAIcE.

to be bolted tov a post 23 above the sill with- .f

out mortising the post andalso being adapted to overlap the outer face of the sill and be secured thereto by transverse bolts 24, holes 25 in the head registering with holes in the post and sill to receive said bolts. The hole 15 is omitted from the body and a lug 26 is formed on and extends laterally from said body between the flanges and is formed with a hole 27 adapted to receive a bolt 28 to secure thebody to the sill. Additional strength and stability is given to the device by a corner lug 29 located at the margins of and in the angle between the body and upper part of' the head and adapted to engage one side of the post and resist lateral strain on the post, in this way suppleinenting the bolts A21. This device, also, maybe inverted and be employed as a plate bracket. Y C

Any Suitable form and construction of poSt or brace may be employed and a step.

or bracket may be Inodlied and located va,- rionsly Within the scope of the appended claims Without departing from my invention. y

I claim as my inventionl. A post-step or bracket having a body formed with one end ange and a head parallel with said flange and crossing the plane of the body, said body and head having a coiner lug, said head having side ribs and bolt-holes between said ribs, and means for securing Said body to a Support independent of the flanges.

und State of Iowa, this 20th day of Septemn bei', 1920.

J CHN N. DUNCAN. 

